Urine Task Force

About

UTF connects the urine EV researchers for topic-specific working groups targeting to improve the standardization, reproducibility, methods and accessibility to the infrastructures in the field.

Working Groups

  1. Sample collection standardization
  2. Influence of storage
  3. Approaches to normalization
  4. Clinical translation

Chair Contact Info


Members

Gloria Alvarez Llamas | Irene Bijnsdorp | Francesc Borràs Serres | Dylan Burger | Anja Buscher | Benedetta Bussolati | James Brian Byrd | Aled Clayton | James Dear | Marvin Droste | Juan Manuel Falcón-Perez | Bernd Giebel | Cristina Grange | Ewout Hoorn | Guido Jenster | Connie Jimenez | Kerstin Junker | Jon B. Klein | Janne Leivo | Metka Lenassi | Fabrice Lucien-Matteoni | Matt Luther | Michael L. Merchant | Inge Mertens | Eline Oeyen | Maija Puhka | Catherine Sánchez | Jack Schalken | Carolina Soekmadji | Robert A. Star | Visith Thongboonkerd | Martin Van Royen | Volkert van Steijn | Tobias Tertel | Swasti Tiwari | Gerald Verhaegh | Jason Webber | Ken Witwer | Peter S. Yuen | Lei Zheng

Publications

Other Outputs

  • The Urine Task Force held a GUSEV virtual education day on transcriptomics (2026)
  • Organizing large validation studies for uEV (normalization) biomarkers
  • Identifying roadblocks to clinical translation of uEV research
  • The Urine Task Force held a satellite meeting at ISEV2022 in Lyon
  • The Urine Task Force held an inaugural virtual symposium on 15-16 February (uEV2022), which included oral and poster abstract sessions, panel discussions, overview talks, and two keynote speakers (>300 registrants)
  • Held the second virtual symposium on 15-16 February (uEV2023), which included oral and poster abstract sessions, panel discussions, overview talks, and two keynote speakers (>400 registrants)
  • Writing a four-yearly position paper on uEV research

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